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Phoenix Group Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, has appointed Tom Sumpster as head of private debt direct origination. Sumpster will work closely with Chief Investment Officer Mike Eakins, and will design and implement Phoenix's direct origination strategy for private debt as well as lead and co-ordinate Phoenix Group's direct origination through banks, sponsors, advisors and intermediaries. Tom has over twenty years of experience including at Santander Group where he worked in debt capital markets, Royal Bank of Canada, where he spent 9 years...